Shantou, the marine economy is welcoming the "second spring". What do you mean by the second spring of life?

At the beginning of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, Shantou Port has a good development opportunity with favorable policies. In May this year, the State Council approved the expansion of Shantou Special Economic Zone from the original urban area of Shantou to the whole city of Shantou, covering "six districts and one county" in Shantou. The media generally believe that this move not only won a broader development space for Shantou Special Zone, but also injected new thinking and blood into Shantou's urban development.

In June of the same year, 5438+065438+ 10, the national policy gave Shantou another shot in the arm, and the development plan of Guangdong Marine Economic Comprehensive Experimental Zone was approved by the State Council, which once again ushered in a major strategic opportunity for the "port city" of Shantou. According to the plan, in order to cooperate with the development of Guangdong Marine Economic Comprehensive Experimental Zone, Guangdong Provincial Department of Transportation put forward the strategic layout of "one core and two wings" for the development of Guangdong shipping industry. Shantou, located in eastern Guangdong, occupies the "first wing" and shoulders the heavy responsibility of docking the "east wing" of the Haixi economic circle. This means that, like Guangdong in the future, Shantou will move from "land" to "ocean".

The insiders believe that compared with the first round of "expanding the scope of the special zone" policy, this round of marine economic strategic grand plan has undoubtedly become another spring for the economic development of Shantou Special Zone.

Abundant port resources boost the development of marine economy.

The advantages of Shantou's marine economic development benefit from the rich port resources in the region.

It is understood that in the 30 years since the establishment of Shantou Special Economic Zone, port construction has flourished, benefiting from natural and geographical conditions. Over the years, more than 60 berths have been built in Shantou, including1~ 50,000-ton berths 18 berths and 23 berths of 3,000-5,000-ton berths. By 2009, the city's port throughput reached 32.44 million tons, 20 times higher than before the reform and opening up (only 3 intermediate berths). In the port operation area, from the old port area before the reform and opening up, only Shigang Port Area, Mashan Port Area, Zhu Chi Port Area, Guang 'ao Port Area and Haimen Port Area have been added.

Years of reform and opening up have also promoted the production development of Shantou Port, and the port throughput has continuously set a new record. 1982 the cargo throughput of Shantou port exceeded 2 million tons, and in 2006 it exceeded 20 million tons. 20 1 1 year, the cargo throughput of Shantou Port is 40.05 million tons, increasing by14%; Containers 165438+ TEU were completed, an increase of 17% over the previous year, and the throughput of containers entering the world ports exceeded 100. It is worth mentioning that the growth rates of the above two indicators are higher than the national average level of coastal ports above designated size by 4.5 and 19.3 percentage points respectively.

At present, Shantou Port has developed into one of the 25 coastal hub ports in China. Since its opening, it has traded with 289 ports in 68 countries and regions around the world and has 7 international liner routes. Domestically, the container route of Shantou Port can directly reach 26 ports including Shanghai, Qingdao, Tianjin, Dalian and Taiwan Province Province.

Due to the special advantages of port resources, Shantou's marine economy has developed rapidly. During the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, Shantou's marine economy grew at an average annual rate of 12.5%, and the comprehensive strength of marine transportation, marine tourism, coastal industry, marine fishery and other industries was further enhanced. In 20 10, the city's total marine production was 24.828 billion yuan, up 27.3% year-on-year, which was 65.438+0.7 times that of the end of the Tenth Five-Year Plan, accounting for 20% of the city's total marine production, and the proportion of the three marine industries was 30.8: 32.5: 36.7. At the same time, the development of Shantou's marine transportation industry has also shown a good trend. The total investment in port fixed assets is 654.38+75 billion yuan, and it has established maritime economic and trade shipping relations with 268 ports in 57 countries and regions around the world. By 20 10, there will be 86 port berths, including 8 deep-water berths above 10,000 tons 18; The cargo throughput was 35.09 million tons, which doubled compared with the end of the Tenth Five-Year Plan, with an average annual growth of 15.2% in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. The container throughput was 935,000 TEU, an increase of 154% compared with the end of the Tenth Five-Year Plan, with an average annual increase of 20.7% in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. In 20 10, the total fishery economic output of the city reached 7.6 billion yuan, the total output of aquatic products was 399,000 tons, the export volume of aquatic products was 90,000 tons, and the export value was 533 million US dollars.

Port construction promotes the steady development of urban marine economy

As a port city developed by maritime trade, Shantou's port construction and urban development have become a relationship of interdependence, mutual promotion and common development. The port is closely related to the fate of the city, which can be described as "all glory, all loss".

Shantou is close to the South China Sea, with dense inland rivers and numerous coastal ports. It has a coastline of 289 kilometers, accounting for three quarters of the total length of the coastline of Chaoshan three cities. The natural water depth coastline suitable for harbor construction is 28km, and more than 50 berths of 500,000-300,000 tons can be built. According to the relevant planning of Shantou City, it is predicted that by 2020, Shantou Port will be built into a large-scale port with an annual throughput of 6,543.8+billion tons along the southeast coast of China, giving full play to the advantages of port resource agglomeration and creating favorable conditions for the in-depth development of urban marine economy.

As the synchronous content of port construction, Shantou will also strengthen the functional position of Shantou Port as a hub port, fully adjust the industrial structure of the port area, do a good job in regional economic cooperation, improve the customs clearance environment, build large-scale wharf berths, consolidate and develop the local shipping industry, enhance the competitiveness of the water transport market, and further consolidate and develop the economic hinterland of eastern Guangdong, southern Jiangxi and western Fujian; Actively integrate Shantou Port into the "Haixi" economy, try first, carry out transportation cooperation with eastern Guangdong, southern Jiangxi and western Fujian, fully publicize the customs clearance environment and port development potential of Shantou, and attract goods from the above areas to import and export from Shantou Port; Further improve the customs clearance environment of Shantou Port University, improve one-stop services such as customs, inspection and quarantine, and promote port logistics to enter and exit in a big way, fast forward and fast out.

According to the forecast of relevant departments of Shantou Municipal Government, by 20 15, Shantou's total marine economy will increase substantially, and the total marine production will double compared with 20 10, reaching 53 billion yuan, accounting for 35% of the city's regional GDP, further increasing its contribution rate to the national economy and gradually becoming the pillar of the national economy; The spatial structure of marine economy has been further improved, and the spatial pattern of six functional areas, including the core area of marine economy around Shantou Bay, Nan 'ao Experimental County, Nanpeng Islands Marine Ecological Protection Demonstration Zone, northern modern marine fishery optimization zone, eastern coastal new city expansion zone and southern coastal industrial agglomeration zone, has basically formed a relatively concentrated, distinct and distinctive spatial pattern of marine economy, and the agglomeration benefits and scale benefits have been fully brought into play; The ability of marine science and technology innovation has been further enhanced, the regional marine science and technology innovation system has been basically established, more than five marine high-tech enterprises have been cultivated, a number of marine technology patents and independent knowledge brands have been formed, and the leading domestic demonstration base of "prospering the sea through science and technology" has been initially established; The marine ecological environment has improved significantly. By 20 15, the discharge of major pollutants will be reduced by nearly 10% compared with that in 20 10, the ecological environment quality of major sea areas such as estuaries, harbors and coastal tourist areas will be significantly improved, and the disaster prevention and reduction system in coastal areas and major islands will be effectively established. The comprehensive marine management has been obviously optimized, the mechanism and system of marine economic development have been gradually straightened out, a number of local policies and regulations have been promulgated to support the development of marine economy, the marine monitoring network has been further improved, and the modernization, scientificity and standardization of marine management and public welfare services have been initially realized.

According to reports, by 20 15, Shantou will be initially built into a strong marine city, and in 2020, it will be fully built into a strong marine city.

Policies boost the marine economy and usher in a golden period of development.

On the one hand, the introduction of marine national strategy brings opportunities to Shantou's marine development, and at the same time, it also promotes the start of Shantou's local marine strategic layout.

Shantou Municipal Transportation Bureau said that the development plan of Guangdong Marine Economic Comprehensive Experimental Zone (hereinafter referred to as the plan) not only gave Shantou an opportunity, but also let Shantou see the dawn of the future.

In addition to the benefits brought by the planning, Shantou "intensified", relying on its unique geographical advantages, and in accordance with the overall requirements of "introducing land from the sea, promoting the sea with land, and coordinating development", focusing on building the core area of marine economy around Shantou Bay, strengthening the eastern coastal new city development zone, the southern coastal industrial zone and the island development and protection zone, and focusing on cultivating the four major marine economies of Guang' ao, Haimen, Houzhai and Qing' ao.

According to reports, the planned "one core" refers to the waters around Shantou Bay and its land areas, including Jinping, Longhu, Haojiang and Chaoyang. Shantou is the region with the most perfect economic development foundation and the most coordinated land and sea economic development, and it undertakes the heavy responsibility of reshaping urban functions and improving quality. It is the core area of Shantou's marine economic development and plays an important role in promoting the development of Shantou's marine economy. The region will focus on developing the northern marine headquarters economy and high-end service industry, marine high-tech industry, marine financial business and marine science and technology research and development; Plan and build the southern marine wetland park, promote the development of high-end coastal tourism, and cultivate and develop marine vocational education, marine convention and exhibition industry and modern logistics industry; Niu Tianyang in the west will focus on the development of marine science and technology education industry and build a marine education center in eastern Guangdong.

The "three zones" refer to the east coast new town expansion zone, the southern coastal industrial zone and the island development and protection zone. The development of "three belts" plays an important role in promoting regional coordinated development, expanding urban development space and enhancing the overall strength of marine economy.

The four major marine economic development nodes, namely, Guang 'ao, Haimen, Houzhai and Youth Olympic Games, are important support points for promoting the coordinated development of ports, industries and towns and improving the overall coastal development level of Shantou.

In addition, Shantou has also made detailed plans for upgrading and developing traditional marine industries such as marine transportation, modern marine fishery and coastal industries, as well as supporting the development of strategic emerging marine industries and cultivating and developing modern marine service industries. It has also made scientific detailed plans for enhancing the support capacity of marine science and technology, improving marine infrastructure, strengthening marine environmental protection, scientifically developing marine resources, building pilot counties for comprehensive marine development in South Australia, and promoting marine regional cooperation.

Some insiders said that the 12th Five-Year Plan for the development of Shantou's marine economy is not only the development plan of Shantou's marine economy in the future 10, but also a useful supplement to the development plan of Guangdong's marine economy comprehensive experimental zone, which is also of great significance for promoting the development of marine economy in eastern Guangdong, western Guangdong and even the whole of Guangdong.